Anxiety is a normal part of life, and many times anxiety resolves itself without any professional help. However, other times professional help is needed to get rid of anxiety. Here are some signs the it’s time to seek help for your anxiety.

1. Is It Time to Seek Help for Your
Anxiety?
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2. About Anxiety
 Anxiety is a normal part of life, and many times
anxiety resolves itself without any professional help.
 However, other times professional help is needed to
get rid of anxiety.
 Here are some signs the it’s time to seek help for
your anxiety.

3. Your Anxiety Affects Your Physical Health
 Prolonged anxiety can take a toll on your body.
 Anxiety is associated with migraines, asthma, and
heart disease.
 Anxiety can also heighten existing physical illnesses
and conditions.
 Some physical symptoms of anxiety include:
 Dizziness
 Chest pain
 Shortness of breath
 Stomachaches

4. Your Anxiety Affects Your Relationships
 When loved ones start worrying, that can be a sign
that your anxiety has become unmanageable.
 Anxiety can manifest itself in relationships as:
 Jealousy
 Communication problems
 Avoidance

5. You’ve Started Self-Medicating
 If you are using drugs and/or alcohol to help cope
with your anxiety, then you definitely need to seek
help.

6. Your Anxiety Affects Your Work
 Dealing with anxiety on top of the normal pressures
of work can cause a lot of stress.
 Anxiety can:
 Cause you to miss work often
 Cause you to be late regularly
 Cause normal work activities to be difficult
 Cause difficulty concentrating

7. Your Anxiety Affects Your Quality of Life
 Anxiety can cause you to miss out on living your life
how you want to.
 It can cause you to miss out on participating in
activities you enjoy and in day-to-day life.
 You can find yourself feeling:
 Isolated
 Trapped
 Fearful

8. Your Anxiety Symptoms are Prolonged
 Short periods of anxiety are not uncommon.
 You may have an anxiety disorder if you find that
your anxiety symptoms:
 Are prolonged (last longer than a few days)
 Stable (not getting better or getting rapidly worse)

9. About Avenues Counseling Center
 At Avenues Counseling Center, we offer avenues of
care to our community for those seeking healing
from the pains of life, as well as those seeking
personal growth. We exist to offer you a safe,
trustworthy place to ask difficult questions, share
your life story, and walk with you as you seek
restoration.